I'm not OBSESSED with shiny Pokemon, but when I wanted a Lanturn on my team anyway, and in Ruby I ran into a shiny Chinchou, I saw no reason not to put it on my team.Wait, I just realised I AM obsessed with shineys :l I spent the last 4 days learning how to chain them...

Man, I wish the Jirachi event was Wifi instead of Gamestop. I would love to have a Jirachi waiting on my platinum for my copy of SS. I wonder why Japan gets all sorts of Wifi events, and we never do anymore. There are no Gamestops in China!!! And even if I was home, I'd rather not, as an adult, be walking into the mall with my DS to download a Pokemon. Anyways, if you are in the US, check out bulbanews.bulbagarden.com for dates and stuff, so you can pick one up.

I'm not OBSESSED with shiny Pokemon, but when I wanted a Lanturn on my team anyway, and in Ruby I ran into a shiny Chinchou, I saw no reason not to put it on my team.Wait, I just realised I AM obsessed with shineys :l I spent the last 4 days learning how to chain them...

I wasn't saying that you were obsessed with them, I'm sorry.I meant that I've seen people who are REALLY obsessed with getting Shinies.

I've never nicknamed my Pokemon either but the name Togekiss kinda sounds a bit girly so I decided to nickname it Jet and it would be kinda weird to have one nicknamed Pokemon and five non-nicknamed ones.

@Toonlink you could be funny and turn to greek mythology and nickname togekiss Zeus and Vaporeon PoseidonEDIT: I just remembered that the first time(and only) I nicknamed my pokemon was on gold ironicallyHaunter-Scary GhostTyphlosion-Flame Kingetc.

my starting team would be something like (the + ,means "or evolutions")...

Magma: Female; Cyndaquil+ (i have a long history of naming my fire starters magma for some reason) OR Toto the male Totodile+, which was my first starter ever in Silver.

Tohi: Any; Togepi+

Abe: Male; Zubat+ (I ALWAYS had a Crobat in my in-game team in the second gen, ah the good times)

Only in the very rare case i see the Chikorita is shinny at the starter selection screen i will get it and name it May/Flora if female or Gerald/Kurt if maleOf course i will eventually get more members... but these are my "MUST" pokemon for this game.